Quote by Benjamin Franklin

The proof of gold is fire...

The proof of gold is fire...

Summary

This quote implies that the true value or worth of something can only be confirmed through testing or adversity. Just as fire is used to purify and determine the authenticity of gold, challenges and hardships expose the genuine nature of people or objects. It suggests that only when something or someone undergoes intense scrutiny, difficulties, or pressure, their true qualities, strength, and capabilities are revealed, distinguishing them from those who are superficial or lacking substance.

Topics

Adversity

By Benjamin Franklin

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player he still p

My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I used to just go to band practice with him, and whoever didn't show up for rehearsal that day, I would take their spot.

Mayer Hawthorne

Dad

If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I

If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.

Death

The principle part of faith is patience.

The principle part of faith is patience.

George MacDonald

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have love

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

Romantic

Every philosophy is the philosophy of some stage of life.

Every philosophy is the philosophy of some stage of life.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophy

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

Great

To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me,

To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me, the fireplace; behind me, the post. There is no greater happiness than this.

Contentment

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.

TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot, "Four

Endings

The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much

The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling us that the press is slanted to the left when it really isn't. They want to shut other people up. They really don't understand the First Amendment.

Amazing

Do what you feel in your heart to be right. You'll be critic

Do what you feel in your heart to be right. You'll be criticized anyway.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Criticism

Music can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable.

Music can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable.

Music

It's cool to express myself, but I've had to learn that doin

It's cool to express myself, but I've had to learn that doing interviews isn't completely therapy - spilling everything about yourself isn't healthy all the time. But I've been through things that have made me a stronger person, and if I can help some people, I will.

Cool